"For all the saints who from their labors rest,Who Thee by faith before the world confessed ... "William Walsham How, For All the Saints, 1864
Welcoming Spaces for You

We believe that Potomac Presbyterian Church can and should play a continuing role in the life and death of our members. In 1991 we established our Memorial Garden for those in our congregation who want a nearby final resting place to honor and memorialize loved ones. An expansion was completed in 2014.


Scripture affirms the eternal promise that nothing, in life or in death, can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Cremated remains are preserved in niches located in the garden's walls. A Commemorative Plaque, located on the church's outside sanctuary wall, provides an opportunity to remember family members not interred. Our Memorial Garden is a place of beauty, tranquility and peace for all who visit, and provides comfort for the family and friends of those interred or those memorialized on the Commemorative Plaque.


The Garden Offers Church members:

  • Niches for up to four urns,
  • Individual name and date plates,
  • The opportunity to remember on the Commemorative Plaque family members not interred in the garden.


A Memorial Garden Fund includes money from the purchase of niches and name plates on the Commemorative Plaque and any donations for the garden, including landscaping. Donations

are tax deductible and always welcome. This fund is separate from the church's budget and is used for repairs, maintenance, plant purchases and future expansion.


Niches are $5,500.00, and a Commemorative Plaque name plate is $500.00. The opening and closing of a niche and niche name plates are at cost.


Email admin@potomacpresbyterian.org if your have more questions.

  • Internment

    Niches are $5,500.00.

    The opening and closing of a niche and niche name plates are at cost.


    Once you have submitted a request for a niche, Mary Margaret Smith (Chair of the Memorial Garden Committee) will meet with you to discuss availability and details.


    Please review the Covenant (below) and download and return the Certificate of Privilege to Inter.



  • Memorialization

    A Commemorative Plaque name plate is $500.


    Please download and return the Certificate of Privilege to Memorialization.


    • Certificate of Privilege to Memorialization
    • Payment may be made by check or online (ACH and credit card payments are accepted online). Checks can be mailed to Potomac Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 59869, Potomac, MD 20854. Please include 'Memorial Garden/Interment' in the memo field.


  • Plant Selection Criteria
    • Respect plant requirements for sunlight, moisture, soil pH, drainage.
    • Respect principles of landscape design for form, repetition, balance, texture, color.
    • Selectively repeat and complement plants in the older and newer gardens, to make the garden one unified whole.
    • Favor plants compatible with the Williamsburg/colonial character of the church building.
    • Favor plants that provide four-season interest.
    • Favor evergreen plants for the Gary Road/east side to suppress traffic sound and sights, and deciduous plants for the patio/west side, so as to invite visiting.
    • Select plants that flower in the cool colors of the color spectrum.
    • Select plants that are safe and aid safe passage.
    • Select shallow-rooted ground covers under the Cherry Bark Oak to protect its root system from mowing and erosion.
    • Only a few native plants could be used due to competing considerations, although they are desirable because of their superior benefit to microbes, wildlife and the environment.
    • Respect Montgomery County guideline, Allowable Greenspace Plantings, Standard No. MC-704.01, 7/20/2003for plants along the Gary Road boundary.